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2016-2017 University Catalog
Biology, BS/Biology, Accelerated MS
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College: College of Science
Departments: Biology and School of Systems Biology
Qualified undergraduates may be provisionally admitted into an accelerated master’s program in order to obtain both a BS and an MS within an accelerated time frame. This program is open only to Biology, BS students who wish to pursue the microbiology or molecular biology concentrations within the Biology, MS program. Students admitted to this accelerated master’s program may take graduate courses after completing 90 undergraduate credits, and up to 6 credits of graduate work may be used in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the undergraduate degree. If students earn at least a 3.00 in these graduate courses and meet the application requirements, they are granted advanced standing in the master’s program and must then complete an additional 24 credits to receive the master’s degree.
See the Bachelor’s/Accelerated Master’s Degrees section of this catalog for policies related to this program.
Students in an accelerated degree program must fulfill all university requirements for the bachelor’s and master’s degrees. For policies governing all degrees, see the Academic Policies section of this catalog.
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Application Requirements
Applicants to all graduate programs at George Mason University must meet the admission standards and application requirements for graduate study as specified in the Graduate Admission Policies section of this catalog. Application information for this accelerated master’s program can be found on the school’s website.
Successful applicants will have an overall undergraduate GPA of at least 3.20. Additionally, they will have completed the following courses with a GPA of 3.00 or higher: BIOL 213 , BIOL 214 , BIOL 308 , BIOL 310 , BIOL 311 , CHEM 313 , and CHEM 315 . Applicants must also have a graduate faculty advisor’s written support for the application.
Accelerated Option Requirements
At the beginning of the student’s final undergraduate semester, students must submit a bachelor’s/accelerated master’s transition form (available from the Office of the University Registrar) to the College of Science’s Office of Academic and Student Affairs. Students must begin their master’s program in the semester immediately following conferral of the bachelor’s degree.
Students must maintain an overall GPA of 3.00 or higher in graduate coursework and should consult with their faculty advisor to coordinate their academic goals within the microbiology or molecular biology concentrations.
Reserve Graduate Credit
While still in undergraduate status, a maximum of 6 additional graduate credits may be taken as reserve graduate credit and applied to the master’s program. Reserve graduate credits do not apply to the undergraduate degree.
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